Just a little bit pink

Attributes of American children's garments that mark them as solely for the use of girls:

-frills in any location, including sleeves, collars, hems, seams, etc.
-lace in any location
-most embroidery, except for Specifically Male Items, like baseballs, trucks, or dinosaurs
-purple as a dominant color
-light blue as a dominant color, unless the garment incorporates a Specifically Male Item image
-pink as a dominant color
-pink as an accent color
-pink as an incidental color, even a few threads or as part of a full color design
-pictures of girls, dresses, most cupcakes, horses, or hearts
-decorative buttons sewn along seams, such as along the shoulder
-puffed sleeves or shoulders
-any fasteners except snaps, zippers, or buttons
-buttons closed with loops instead of buttonholes
-a shirt extending below the hips
-any neckline except crew neck or polo
-most sandals or open toe shoes, except those in a palette of blue, brown, black, and white (orange accents OK) modelled on sneakers or sport sandals
-sparkles
-red that might be confused for pink

Any child wearing a garment exhibiting one or more of these attributes will be assumed to be a girl, irrespective of other visual or verbal cues up to and including the use of the male pronoun by parents, caretakers, siblings, or self.

Yesterday's menu:
breakfast: eggs and bacon and toast and tea
lunch: leftover beef chili
dinner: lentil soup, popovers, greens salad with farmers market snap peas